This is just something I was messing around with last weekend; I don't totally hate it yet, so I guess that's a good sign.
This is just something I was messing around with last weekend; I don't totally hate it yet, so I guess that's a good sign.
So I think I'm happy with this? Can't quite tell yet; I've had this loop running in my head for most of the last 48 hours and I've probably lost the ability to be objective. In any event, it's a big improvement over the super-rough version I posted last night.
I will probably need to fix the mix, now that I'm hearing it loud - if there's one bummer about my new Brooklyn digs, it's that my speakers have been acting funny and I can't really tell if it sounds right yet. Maybe the vocals are too hot? Maybe the vocals need to be redone? I did about 20 takes and I started to go crazy by the end.
I should probably mention that this is my maiden voyage with Record. I've screwed around with it for the last month or so, but never to this degree. I may end up moving the whole thing over to Pro Tools just to see if there's any additional tweaking I can do over there that I can't do here.
Wow. I've really talked this up, haven't I! Well then, now that I've totally lowered your expectations, and without further ado, the first thing I've recorded in Brooklyn:
My goodness, it's been a long time since I posted here. This isn't to say I haven't been working - it's just that the stuff I've been working on isn't stuff I can post just yet.
Here's some recent film stuff I've done:
Stay tuned for Ali Hoffman's forthcoming EP... and some big changes are coming as well.
so this is just a new sketch of something; it may not end up being anything at all.
I know it's been a few months since I've posted here, but that doesn't mean I've been totally inactive; I've been working on quite a few different things lately, actually.
But I am going to be starting to update this space more regularly; if not with sound clips, then at least with some documentation. I'm going to be starting a new project and I'm going to be documenting my progress here.
Hope all is well with you and yours, if you're out there.
So this is just something I was fooling around with tonight; it's pretty much just me experimenting with Reason 4 and some of its new synths. I think it's clipping a little bit; I probably should've taken a little more time to make sure the levels were ok.
Can't believe I haven't already posted this; this is the commercial I was working on earlier this year.
Kinda went bananas this weekend, and I've got 2 new recordings to show for it. More than that, I learned how to do about a million things with ProTools that I'd been needing to learn, and now I feel like a goddamned ninja.
The last time I played "Elizabeth" was probably at the show I played with some friends which took place during the 2000 Subway Series - which happened to be the one game the Yankees lost. This version is not at ALL what it used to sound like; not that it ever had any particular sound - it was never officially recorded.
I'd been meaning to re-record "I'm Connected"; I originally recorded it in 2006 on my old digital 16-track, and while it has its charms it desperately needed a fresh coat of fidelity.
So, yeah; obviously I haven't updated here in a while. Lots of reasons/excuses, but no matter - I'm back, baby. We re-did the studio over the weekend and now it's a pleasure to be in here, even if it gets murderously hot.
This is something that has kept finding its way into my fingers over the last few months or so, and I figured I might as well give it a demo. I wasn't planning on recording it with 4 guitars, but that's the beauty of home recording; you don't pay by the hour. I also wasn't planning on showing it off in this early a state, but I'm working on a bunch of other stuff as well (including a possibly ill-advised cover of "Strangers" by The Kinks), and I figured this was as close to what the final idea will be as anything else I've got at the moment.

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